Somerset News

Borough police continue to search for the woman who robbed 1st Summit Bank on Thursday.

A Halloween prank was costly for a Somerset woman, whose car sustained $1,500 in damage when someone hit it with a pumpkin, police said.

Police say a homeowner's deer camera captured two men burglarizing his home. They have identified the man on the left and are seeking the identity of the other.

A Somerset County man faces aggravated assault charges after he allegedly punched another man unconscious after an argument over a citizens band radio system while at work, state police said.

Share + Oct 31, 2009 9:23 am US/Eastern SOMERSET, Pa. A western Pennsylvania jury has acquitted a man of homicide but convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his fiancee.

The prosecutor in Bruce Emerick's murder trial Thursday picked apart the accused killer's statement to police in the death of his fiancee, in which he told the cops, "I tried pulling the gun away.

A fire at a two-car garage on Bridge Street early Wednesday was caused by an electrical problem, said Rockwood Fire Chief Jim Miller.

A neighbor of Jeanine Downing testified Tuesday that she heard her screaming "help," and the murder defendant yelling "I'll shoot you" just minutes before Downing was shot and killed.

A Beaver County man who was accused, but never convicted, in a murder-for-hire plot has died in prison.

Students at Meyersdale Area High School's Elective History class are getting their hands dirty - and loving it.

The borough's municipal authority has hired a professional consulting firm to supervise the Northern Cambria water treatment plant.

Angie Svonavec is seeking a fourth term as Somerset County's prothonotary. Svonavec, a Democrat, has been prothonotary since 1998.

A former Somerset County high school teacher was acquitted Tuesday of raping an eighth-grade student in 2001.

A Somerset County man is charged with stealing an estimated $3,284 worth of electricity over two years.

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is on the move. Beginning in January, the college will offer general studies and business management programs to the residents of Somerset County at its new Somerset Education Center on Main Street.

An Allegheny County man is accused of stealing and estimated $3,284 worth of electricity during nearly two and half years.

The American Red Cross has been called in to assist a family of three burned out of an upstairs apartment early Friday.

A Somerset County woman left her infant son alone while she attempted to rob a convenience store Friday morning, state police said.

From all appearances, winter is coming early to the Allegheny Mountains, but motorists are being assured the state is ready with plows, salt and anti-skid. Also prepared is Johnstown's public works department, where workers are getting snowplows and road salt in place as they deal with cleanup of fall leaves, said director Darby Sprincz.

The Somerset County commissioners on Tuesday accepted a grant that will boost efforts to assist those facing homelessness and endorsed an application for another to improve water service in the Village of Rockingham.